# Deactivating a user causes account to be deleted?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-a-user-causes-account-to-be-deleted/68642>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [23.Август.2017 17:31:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-a-user-causes-account-to-be-deleted/68642 "2017-08-23T17:31:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [23.Август.2017 17:36:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-a-user-causes-account-to-be-deleted/68642/2 "2017-08-23T17:36:38Z")

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There is a setting `purge unactivated users grace period days`, if an account is still deactivated, **has zero posts** , and that grace period is met, it deletes the account.

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